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We are Jackie and Marco, a couple having been together for more than 25 years. We are both originally from Switzerland and fell in love with Southern California, when Marco did his MBA in San Diego in [...]

Archives for June 2009

Odometer: approx. 56,550 Time: 08:30 We drive out of town westwards and eventually get to HWY 101 north. We once more drive through countryside Washington, with lots of small villages and grassland in between. A lot of trucks loaded with timber are coming down from the north. We go almost all the way to the…Continue Reading

Odometer: 56,398 Time: 09:30 After some phone calls to Switzerland we leave the hotel late. We head south east towards Mount Rainier. It is visible from far already and the road leading there is seamed with forests to both sides. We enter the National Park at the White River Entrance and from there follow the…Continue Reading

Odometer: 56,040Time: 08:30 After a real Sunday breakfast with lots of Belgium waffles, we leave Portland area towards north.
As the weather is overcast we skip the trip to the waterfall and the ...Continue Reading

Odometer: 55,675Time: 07:00We are starting off on HWY 84 towards North Powder. There we take Scenic Byway 73 to Elkhorn Summit, a ski- and winter vacation resort up on over 7,000 feet. It is still ...Continue Reading

Odometer: 55,350Time: 09:00As yesterday we did not get to the Birds of Prey Park, we head there first thing in the morning. At the Visitor Center they have some cages where they have “birds in ...Continue Reading

Odometer: 55,300Time: 10:00Today is our Jeeps day: First we need to get a crack in the windshield fixed and then it gets its 60,000 miles tune-up as well as a new battery and new brake pads. We pull ...Continue Reading